The Spirit of the Old DominionShepherd & Pollard, 1827 - 293 sider |
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... army , was cut to pieces by the Virginia yeomanry upon King's , Mountain . Tarleton , the sanguinary spirit , so long a terror to the south , was driven by Morgan in ruin and disgrace from the Cowpens . The destruction of Pyle with his ...
... army , was cut to pieces by the Virginia yeomanry upon King's , Mountain . Tarleton , the sanguinary spirit , so long a terror to the south , was driven by Morgan in ruin and disgrace from the Cowpens . The destruction of Pyle with his ...
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... army , commanded by Tarleton , were universally equipped in the short green coats , and other uniform , peculiar to the legion cavalry and infantry . The van officer of the legion , with his body , proceeded in advance , and in a short ...
... army , commanded by Tarleton , were universally equipped in the short green coats , and other uniform , peculiar to the legion cavalry and infantry . The van officer of the legion , with his body , proceeded in advance , and in a short ...
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... army in full pursuit . The war of 1781 still continued , and many and sanguinary were the conflicts , with which it was ac- companied . The battle of Guilford had passed , in which the impossibility of conquering the Colonies was ...
... army in full pursuit . The war of 1781 still continued , and many and sanguinary were the conflicts , with which it was ac- companied . The battle of Guilford had passed , in which the impossibility of conquering the Colonies was ...
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... army . Upon the morning after this event , Colonel Lee was surprised at receiving a visit from Lieutenant Templeton , and still more so , when he informed him , after a great deal of circumlocu- tory compliment , that it was his wish ...
... army . Upon the morning after this event , Colonel Lee was surprised at receiving a visit from Lieutenant Templeton , and still more so , when he informed him , after a great deal of circumlocu- tory compliment , that it was his wish ...
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... army , who had just gained a victory which would class him among the first he- roes of the age ; there lay the dead bodies of his enemy mingled in dark and mouldering masses through the forest . Here he himself stood , the head and ...
... army , who had just gained a victory which would class him among the first he- roes of the age ; there lay the dead bodies of his enemy mingled in dark and mouldering masses through the forest . Here he himself stood , the head and ...
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appearance army Arnold awaiting Bacon battle of Trenton beloved beneath Benedict Arnold body bosom burst Carle Carmine cause Cavalier Champ Colonel Pyle commander commenced cottage countenance death deep desperate door Drumhead earth Edgar enemy enemy's escape excited exclaimed face faithful band fate father feelings fellow fire Flint Mills Flora Fosdyck gallant gave gazed glow Governor hand Haw river head heard heart honour horse horses hoofs hour Insurgent Chief Jamestown Jarvis Kanawha river lady Lee's legion legion length looked loud ment miserable morning Nathaniel Bacon neighbourhood never night officer once party Peaks of Otter prisoners rapidly rendered replied retired river scene seemed sergeant Sir William Berkeley slowly song soon sorrow spirit spot strange stranger sunk sword Tarleton Templeton Thornhill thought tink tion tone Tory traitor troops uncle Virginia voice whole wild young Mountaineer
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Side 249 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Side 293 - Oh for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might...
Side 293 - Sea fruits, that tempt the eye, But turn to ashes on the lips ! His country's curse, his children's shame. Outcast of virtue, peace, and fame. May he, at last, with lips of flame On the parch'd desert thirsting die, — While lakes that shone in mockery nigh...
Side 293 - Be drugg'd with treacheries to the brim, — With hopes, that but allure to fly, With joys, that vanish while he sips, Like Dead- Sea fruits, that tempt the eye, But turn to ashes on the lips...
Side 64 - BALQUHITHER. LET us go, lassie, go, To the braes o' Balquhither, Where the blaeberries grow 'Mang the bonnie Highland heather ; Where the deer and the rae, Lightly bounding together, Sport the lang summer day On the braes o
Side 65 - I'll cover it o'er Wi' the flowers o' the mountain ; I will range through the wilds, And the deep glens sae dreary, And return wi" their spoils To the bower o' my dearie. When the rude wintry win...
Side 70 - But she'll plague you, and vex you, Distract and perplex you ; False-hearted and ranging, Unsettled and changing, What then do you think, she is like ? Like a sand ? like a rock ? Like a wheel ? like a clock ? Ay, a clock that is always at strike.
Side 92 - Which like a pestilence sweeps the lower sky, Dreaded by every orb and planet nigh. This hath my father heard. Oh ! Marcian, He is a worldly and a cruel man, And made me once a victim ; but again It shall not be. I have had too much of pain, Too much for such short hours as life affords, And I would fain from out the golden hoards Of joy, pluck Some fair ornament, at last, To gild my life with — but my life hath past.
Side 293 - ... Outcast of virtue, peace, and fame. May he, at last, with lips of flame On the parch'd desert thirsting die, — While lakes that shone in mockery nigh Are fading off...
Side 64 - twas wild and grand, The praise of hearts that scorn the world's control, Disdaining all but Love's delicious band, The chain of gold and flowers, the tie of soul.